Kessingland Sports and Social Centre

Analysis

Kessingland Sports and Social Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lowestoft. It was registered in April 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Kessingland Sports and Social Centre reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £40k to £24k (-39%), an average of -12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Kessingland Sports and Social Centre sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christ Church School Clifton PTA (£24k), Haslemere Decorative and Fine Arts Society (£24k) and Hungate Medieval Art (£24k).